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Burn Institute

In research, Burn Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,248 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,681 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,934
of 22,385 · #19,758 all time
Rank in United States
#3,099
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Burn Institute

What is Burn Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,248 of 9,902 4.9%70 #8148
MedicineField #7,681 of 8,541 4.7%64 #7951

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Burn Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Burn Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Burn Institute is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 91 fractional works · 68.1% of its workMedicine: 80 fractional works · 60.4% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 9.3% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 8.5% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBurn Institute133fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8060.4%
    2. Health Professions86.1%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology118.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.7%
    4. Neuroscience11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Engineering43.1%
    2. Environmental Science42.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Computer Science10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences32.5%
    2. Social Sciences32.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    4. Psychology21.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.14×80 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.63×3 works
  3. Health Professions2.31×8 works
  4. Nursing1.87×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.52×11 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×1 works
  8. Dentistry1.13×1 works
  9. Veterinary1.05×0 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.72×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.66×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.59×4 works
  13. Chemistry0.51×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×2 works
  15. Psychology0.44×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.41×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  21. Engineering0.21×4 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.21×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.16×3 works
  24. Computer Science0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Burn Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Linda Luz Guerrero, Dan Hu and Orrawin Trocki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Burn Institute.

  1. 1 Linda Luz Guerrero United States · #2,188,150 worldwide 680 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Dan Hu United States · #3,192,600 worldwide 102 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Orrawin Trocki United States · #3,246,435 worldwide 1.3k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Terry A. Housinger United States · #4,007,316 worldwide 718 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 J. Paul Waymack United States · #4,787,096 worldwide 1.9k citations · 90 works
  6. 6 M. Dana Harriger United States · #5,094,475 worldwide 934 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Fuxin Han United States · #5,521,560 worldwide 221 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Tong-zhu Sun United States · #5,561,673 worldwide 341 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Lisa M. Petras United States · #5,691,066 worldwide 584 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Karen Lilford United States · #6,223,049 worldwide 87 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Burn Institute

What are the most cited papers from Burn Institute?

The most cited paper from Burn Institute is "Common Virulence Factors for Bacterial Pathogenicity in Plants and Animals" (Laurence G. Rahme, Emily J. Stevens, Sean F. Wolfort et al., 1995), with 1,402 citations. Next come "Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries" (1,332) and "Electroporation-Based Technologies for Medicine: Principles, Applications, and Challenges" (888).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Common Virulence Factors for Bacterial Pathogenicity in Plants and Animals Laurence G. Rahme, Emily J. Stevens, Sean F. Wolfort et al. · Science 30 Jun 1995 1,402
2 Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries Colleen M. Ryan, David Schoenfeld, William P. Thorpe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Feb 1998 1,332
3 Electroporation-Based Technologies for Medicine: Principles, Applications, and Challenges Martin L. Yarmush, Alexander Golberg, Gregor Serša et al. · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering ReviewOpen access 6 Jun 2014 888
4 Epithelioid cell cultures from rat small intestine. Characterization by morphologic and immunologic criteria. Andrea Quaroni, J.R. Wands, Robert L. Trelstad et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Feb 1979 786
5 The Vancouver Scar Scale: An Administration Tool and Its Interrater Reliability Mary Jo Baryza, Gregory A. Baryza · Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation Sep 1995 774
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Burn Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wound Healing, Inflammation, Regeneration, Epidemiology, Diabetes, Growth Factors, Angiogenesis and Risk Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology20▲ 3.7×36 topics
  2. Wound Healing19▲ 54×10 topics
  3. Inflammation17▲ 6.0×31 topics
  4. Regeneration14▲ 52×4 topics
  5. Diabetes14▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Growth Factors13▲ 76×3 topics
  7. Angiogenesis12▲ 28×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 8.1×8 topics
  9. Sepsis12▲ 49×6 topics
  10. Macrophages12▲ 46×3 topics
  11. Chronic Wounds11▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Fibroblasts11▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Resuscitation10▲ 59×4 topics
  14. Rehabilitation10▲ 19×6 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 19×7 topics
  16. Pathophysiology10▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Burn Injury9▲ 399×1 topic
  18. Burn Wound Infections9▲ 399×1 topic
  19. Psychological Impact9▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Complications9▲ 13×9 topics
  21. Cancer7▲ 3.8×20 topics
  22. Breast Reconstruction6▲ 74×2 topics
  23. Free Flap6▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Microsurgical Reconstruction6▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.5×18 topics
  26. Treatment5▲ 3.2×16 topics
  27. Biomarkers4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  28. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Management3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  30. Prevention3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Drug Delivery3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  32. Infection Prevention3▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Orthopedic Surgery3▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Transplantation3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Cost Analysis2▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Anatomy2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Biogenesis2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Immunomodulation2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Stem Cell Therapy2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Burn Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wound Healing and Treatments, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques and Mesenchymal stem cell research.

Wound Healing and Treatm…11Wound Healing and Treatments: 11 fractional worksBurn Injury Management a…9Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…6Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 6 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 2 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 2 fractional worksMedical and Biological Ozone Research: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 2 fractional worksSurgical site infection prevention: 2 fractional works
RehabilitationEpidemiologySurgeryGenetics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 11 works
  2. 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 9 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Medical and Biological Ozone Research Pharmacology 2 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Burn Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Burn Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Burn Institute0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Burn Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Burn Institute5.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 1995.

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